| Author |
 Replies: 10 / Views: 872 |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
887 Posts |
I picked this up at my LCS today, and want to see what you all think it would grade. I would also like opinions on variety. It wasn't marked as being any particular variety, but I think it is one. I'm new to the whole LC thing, and I want to see if what I think (grade/attribute) is what those in the know would say. There is a small rim ding above her head. Would that cause it to go Details, or would it still straight grade? As for the attribute, can you tell me why or why not you would say a certain variety? That's the toughest, as there is very little detailed info out there about the various varieties. I'd like to get a book, but not sure which book to look for. And yes, that is a hair inside the flip on the reverse, SMH. Thanks!   Edited by Beefer518
06/03/2017 12:05 am
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
683 Posts |
I'd grade it about vf-35 maybe a 40. And that rim bump would not be enough to give it A details grade :D
Edited by Optimist-numismatist
06/02/2017 11:29 pm
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
VF25-VF30 range, weakly struck; looks like Newcomb 15 (N-15) based on the line from the left side of the 5 to the bust, which is diagnostic for N-15.
The scratches above and behind the head, and below CENT on the reverse, might result in a details grade, but perhaps not.
Google "Early American Coppers" and you can find lots of good information on reference materials to help you learn to grade and attribute Large Cents.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
My grade would be VF-30, "commercial EF." By that I mean that Braided Hair large cents that look like this are often marketed as EF, but it really isn't. The minor marks you cited a common on circulated examples of these coins, don't bother me very much. It would be better if they weren't there, but it shouldn't drop the coin to a details grade. It would be different if this coin had AU or Mint State sharpness, but it doesn't.
I am assumming that the black line on the reverese from the "TE" in "UNITED" and the "E" in "STATES" is a hair. If it is scratch that would be a distraction.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1609 Posts |
Is that a hair or a scratch on the reverse?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
887 Posts |
From the original post - Quote:
And yes, that is a hair inside the flip on the reverse, |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2632 Posts |
I would say a solid VF-30, and I don't think the rim dent would warrant a details grade. Nice pick up! Like paralyse mentioned, checking out EAC is a must if you're interested in collecting Large Cents.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
11911 Posts |
35
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree 35 but "commercial" 40.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
36883 Posts |
|
| |
Replies: 10 / Views: 872 |
|
Posted 06/03/2017 01:40 am
